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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

This brings to an end a very long and winding journey. I
almost feel like I should be throwing a ring into a volcano or something right
now. Fortunately, I had 100+ Sam Wises to keep me company along the way. You
have all been great and I think you, dare I say it, from the bottom of my
heart.

So, following the greatest adventure analogy, where do we
go from here?

Well, there are other journeys, other adventures. The
first order of business will be getting the Chuhuac into general release. Gavin
already has the LNG retail website in place, but so far it is empty and waiting
for me to tell him that all packages are away. I am hoping that the Chuhuac
will have been released for general sales by the time Salute comes around.
While I cannot be there, it is a HUGE convention and having my creations there
will be so cool.

Next there will be the Ikwen. These already got leaked in
a previous comment by a backer, but they will be the second alien species
released by LNG. Sculpted by Roderick Campbell of Highlander Studios, these
will be a very different sort of alien from the Chuhuac. I was hoping to have
these ready by Salute, but that may be pushing it.

After that, who knows what I'll get up to. I have some of
my own sculpting to throw into the mix, including some post-apocalyptic
mutants, some new aliens and I will continue to work with other talented
artists bringing to life more of my designs. Andreas Udby and I have been
working on finishing the 3D Designs for Chuhuac air units and a light attack
vehicle and so there are some future releases for the Chuhuac in store.

Again, thank you all for your endurance and I hope to see
each and every scythe-toed, scaly bastard painted up and on a table someplace.

Friday, February 7, 2014

Work continues on the Ikwen sculpts. I received these quickie WIP shots from Rod the other day and I think they capture the Ikwen pretty accurately. Of course this is still a vague rendition, but that is to be expected as this is a doll that the final sculpts will be finished onto.

Designing the Ikwen, I have always had an image of their conflict in my mind, even if I have never quite assigned an enemy to them (this has become part of their appeal). In their back story they are an exploited indigenous people, rising up to fight for their home world. Part of exploring this back story has been trying to visualize what this world and their conflict might look like. To this end, I have been working with my concept artist, Todd Ulrich, to do some art that depicts their fight.

In the above picture we see several Ikwen moving through the rocky terrain of their home world. In the foreground three militia fighters move cautiously passed a long-downed flyer of alien origin. The foremost fighter packs with him a case containing extra ammunition. His companions can be see carrying Huli blades and assault rifles purchased from arms dealers, likely with valuable natural resources.

In the background, the other Ikwen are engaging an overhead enemy. The rocket launcher, hunkered down behind a half buried industrial rig is firing off his first rocket. After that, he can eject the spent canister from the disposable frame, dropping the second canister into place. ready to fire.

I hope that you enjoy this art from Todd Ulrich. As the Ikwen miniatures progress, I hope to have some more art done.